Monday, April 14, 2008


YO ADRIENNE!!
So whilst attempting multitasking the other night I decided that I should not be a multitasker. I was on the phone with my son (shoulder holding phone to my ear) and opening a bottle of wine with my hands. I screwed the opener down into the cork....pulled the arms of the opener down to pop the cork up.... and started to wedge the cork out. As my luck would have it the cork was sticking a bit...so I used the amazing muscle that I have in my hands and pulled very hard (one hand on bottle...one hand on wine opener) and the opener went with intense force into my eye. I don't cry when I get hurt like this...I am more angry and silent. I put my head down onto my arm onto the counter and took some deep breaths as my eyeball throbbed and moistened. When I pulled my head off of my arm I saw blood on my arm. I panicked thinking it was my actual eyeball that was bleeding and went quickly to the bathroom to see the damage. Luckily it was not my eyeball...but my eyelid that was dripping (uncontrollably) blood down my face. Next came the swelling....and so on. On a more evil note... I have been able to get a few extra jobs out of my husband in the past couple days when I say, "well... when people ask what happened to my eye I hope I am able to tell them the truth...and not say that my husband couldn't control himself and I must have really made him angry this time". ................................is that wrong?

7 comments:

Brian said...

That's not wrong, that's just using your noodle for something other than a pin-cushion. Is that a mixed metaphor? Oh well. JEEZ, you are so lucky you missed the eyeball. And I'm guessing that you are also lucky that the kids weren't there to witness/freak out. Good job getting your drink on while they are at school. Again, the noodle.

And I just want to add that your toughness is obviously from when I used to kick your ass as a kid and then tease you if you cried, so yeah, YOUR WELCOME!

Brian said...

I have to confess. I just deleted the first comment because I originally said "while they are at work."

Now that I think about it, it's actually funnier that way because it implies some kind of child labor. DAMMIT, I should have left it.

Oh well, I'm going home to make sure my kids made daddy's beer money.

Unknown said...

oh no....molly and ellie witnessed it. Molly's face crumbled....she was horrified. Ellie just likes that now it looks like eye shadow.

Jessie said...

AHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA
why do i enjoy laughing at my friends' misfortunes??

shontell said...

Jessie scares me in ways I cannot vocalize. Bubba, you are hard core. And creativly deceptive.
-gump...or wait..I think YOU are Gump, and I am bubba. sorry.

mohap247 said...

Girl you look good... I like the eighties eyeshadow... but did you get it done at the mall? I HATE how they only do 1/2 the face *sigh* you will be alright.
LOVE YOU!

melaroo said...

you pooor thing! i'm so sorry, friend. it looks awfully painful. :( i hope it's doing much better now. lesson learned--tequila has a screw-top. no wine openers necessary! love ya!